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139 images Created 8 Feb 2014

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  • Emerald Stamped Floret.jpg
  • A nature abstraction with a heavy play on light and shadows
    Laden in Light.jpg
  • An Abstraction of a Queen Annes Lace with a Vibrant Artistic Flare. A pattern of interlacing lines from the plant are contrasted against a deep and ominous backdrop
    Reticulated Corruption.jpg
  • An Abstraction of a Queen Annes Lace with a Vibrant Artistic Flare. A pattern of interlacing lines from the plant are contrasted against a colorful backdrop
    Reticulated Glory.jpg
  • An abstracted view from the middle of a corn field with deep purples and polarized outlines
    Solarized Maize.jpg
  • The heart of a dead lily pad leaf
    Dead Lily Pad Leaf.jpg
  • Something funky for today.
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  • Just having some Photoshop Fun Tonight
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  • Is there a difference between aromas and bouquet in wines? Yes, there is. The difference is distinct, but it can be really confusing to differentiate aromas from bouquet. Even the most famed wine critics sometimes confuse these two. To be precise, when a wine specialist talks about a wine's aromas, he is referring to that wine's primary and secondary aromas (i.e. varietal aromas and vinous aromas). When he talks about a wine's bouquet, he is referring to that wine's tertiary aromas. To put it even more simply, while it is true that there are three main aromas in wines, only the primary and secondary aromas qualify as 'aromas' in wine lingo; the tertiary aroma is referred to as 'bouquet'. That, in a nutshell is the difference between aromas and bouquet.<br />
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Wines owe their bouquet to the post-fermentation and the maturing process. The bouquet is developed only during the post-fermentation stage and in the wine bottle itself. Aldehydes and esters are formed during the oxidation of the fruit acids and alcohol in the wine bottle. As such, bouquet takes time – years, actually – to develop. A good, mature wine will have a complex bouquet. After all, a wine's bouquet is a combination of aromas bundled together to form new aromas (you could call it perfume, if you want).
    Wine Bouquet.jpg
  • A pink and white daisy sits atop a glass over a crazy red pattern tablecloth
    Red Floral Funk.jpg
  • Vibrant Orange Petals With A Fine Art Flare
    Vibrant Petals On Oil.jpg
  • A traced pink rose from the garden with a blue scratched background texture.
    Rose Scratched Blues.jpg
  • The roots of lotus are planted in the soil of the pond or river bottom, while the leaves float on top of the water surface or are held well above it. The flowers are usually found on thick stems rising several centimeters above the leaves. The plant normally grows up to a height of about 150 cm and a horizontal spread of up to 3 meters, but some unverified reports place the height as high as over 5 meters. The leaves may be as large as 60 cm in diameter, while the showy flowers can be up to 20 cm in diameter.
    Water Lily Seed Pod.jpg
  • The beauty of even common roadside simple weeds contains vibrance, beauty and grace if you simple look close enough
    Natures Vibrance Befalls.jpg
  • Lupine draws the eye skyward with its gorgeously colored and interestingly structured flower spikes. Bicolor Russell hybrids are the most popular type. Their large pea-like flowers come in amazing colors and combinations, clustered in long spikes on sturdy stems.<br />
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Lupine prefers light, well-drained soil that is slightly acidic, and it does not tolerate heat or humidity well. It performs best in areas with cool summers, especially the Pacific Northwest.
    Natures Magic.jpg
  • Whispering Wishes - The Closer You Are To The Stars, The Better Chance You're Wish Will Be Granted..
    In The Sky With Diamonds.jpg
  • Grungy Pink Floral Petals Pop From The Garden Showing The First Signs Of Spring
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  • A bit of a deep Gothic and tribal fine art flare highlights this pink and red rose growing through the fence boards
    Gothic ROmance.jpg
  • A dry fall day lacking in color and life, nature still stands alone in hopes of surviving until spring
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  • The familiar woody cone is the female cone, which produces seeds. The male cones, which produce pollen, are usually herbaceous and much less conspicuous even at full maturity. The name 'cone' derives from the fact that the shape in some species resembles a geometric cone. The individual plates of a cone are known as scales.<br />
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The male cone (microstrobilus or pollen cone) is structurally similar across all conifers, differing only in small ways (mostly in scale arrangement) from species to species. Extending out from a central axis are microsporophylls (modified leaves). Under each microsporophyll is one or several microsporangia (pollen sacs).<br />
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The female cone (megastrobilus, seed cone, or ovulate cone) contains ovules which, when fertilized by pollen, become seeds. The female cone structure varies more markedly between the different conifer families, and is often crucial for the identification of many species of conifers.
    March Snow Cones.jpg
  • A floral assortment bunched together in Grandma's Garden
    Grandmas Garden.jpg
  • A bold and vibrant macro closeup of a pink and purple Marguerite Daisy against a textured rainbow colored backdrop. A bit of a hippy vibe that screamed a bit of flower power for me.<br />
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This spray flower has a classic bloom with many ray petals radiating out from a disk-shaped center. This colorful package of popping purple tinted daisies would add an alluring appeal to any wedding bouquet, table centerpiece or flower arrangement! <br />
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The Marguerite daisy or also know as the Argyranthemum frutescens, is a lovely daisy featuring a large middle of the flower generally yellow but depending on the variety they can also be pinkish in color.<br />
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The petals of the Marguerite are generally white, pink, or yellow. They can have single or double blooms and they are usually 1-2 inches in size. The leaves and such of Marguerite daisies are a blue-green color, thin and almost fern like.<br />
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The Marguerite daisy does best in richly fertilized, well drained soil. They also like to be planted in fully sunny areas. They work really well as a boarder or on the outside edge of your year or garden adding the perfect splash of color to the area.<br />
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This type of daisy is a pretty hardy plant, if you have them planted outside make sure to water them about twice a week. If the plant starts to wilt it is a sign that they need a bit more water. Keep the soil moist pretty often, but never all the time because like with most plants, their root will rot if left in constant water.
    Flower Empowered.jpg
  • A pretty pink Zinnia flower contrasted against a metallic backdrop. <br />
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Zinnia is a genus of 20 species of annual and perennial plants of the family Asteraceae. They are native to scrub and dry grassland in an area stretching from the Southwestern United States to South America, with a centre of diversity in Mexico<br />
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Zinnia leaves are opposite and usually stalkless (sessile), with a shape ranging from linear to ovate, and pale to middle green in color. The flowers have a range of appearances, from a single row of petals, to a dome shape, with the colors white, chartreuse, yellow, orange, red, purple, and lilac.<br />
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Zinnias are popular garden flowers, usually grown from seed, and preferably in fertile, humus-rich, and well-drained soil, in an area with full sun. They will reseed themselves each year. Over 100 cultivars have been produced since selective breeding started in the 19th century.
    Zinnia Urban Contrast.jpg
  • A Macro Nature Abstraction From A Pink and Purple Puff Flower Over Cotton Candy Pastels Highlighting Pointy Rigged Textures.
    Pink Power Puff.jpg
  • A beetle sit atop wildflowers with a glow of violet under a row of spotlight glow
    Beetle Under Violet Spotlights.jpg
  • I really love to take dead and dying plants found in nature and bringing some life back to them through art. Adding some life and beauty back to this decrepit and withering weed was the inspiration for this Wicked Weed.
    Wicked Weed on Black.jpg
  • A peek inside a dying wildflower and the vibrant energy that has yet to dissipate.
    A Look Inside.jpg
  • Death begins to take hold as nature withers away with the last glow of life boldly displaying what beauty remains.
    Dying Nature Glow.jpg
  • A Water Lily and Lily Pads on a Pond of Midnight Black Water with Radiating Energy
    Lilypads on Midnight Black.jpg
  • A fun flowering bush with glowing petals contrasted against a dark background with purple, pink and cream florets.
    Poppin Floral Bush.jpg
  • One of the most stunning and perhaps most celebrated lily varieties is the star gazer lily . Known for its striking blooms and heavenly scent, the stargazer is a fantastic choice for a number of occasions. Delicate, bold, and fragrant all at once.
    Stargazer Lilies Up Close and Person...jpg
  • A cluster of purple Garden Phlox that was planted around my neighbors mailbox with a bit of a fine art flare.
    Violet Floral Imressions.jpg
  • Daylily is the general nonscientific name of a species, hybrid or cultivar of the genus Hemerocallis. A normal, single daylily flower has three petals and three sepals, collectively called tepals, each with a midrib in the same or in a contrasting color. The centermost part of the flower, called the throat, usually has a different color than more distal areas of its tepals.
    Rainbow Daylily Heat - Hemerocallis.jpg
  • A field of flowers filled with colors and a bit of a textured pressed feel
    Floral Stamped Colors.jpg
  • A puffy white dandelion in the yard with pastel colors in the background
    Puffy Dandelion on Pastels.jpg
  • The genus name is from the Greek echino, meaning hedgehog, an allusion to the spiny, brownish central disk. The flowers of Echinacea species are used to make an extremely popular herbal tea, purported to help strengthen the immune system; an extract is also available in tablet or liquid form in pharmacies and health food stores. Often cultivated, Purple Coneflower is a showy, easily grown garden plant.
    Purple Coneflower Delight.jpg
  • Dead Weed on Lime.jpg
  • Assortment of Splendor.jpg
  • Many Hibiscus species are grown for their showy flowers or used as landscape shrubs, and are used to attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.
    Red Hibiscus Grunge.jpg
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  • Popping Pink Petals.jpg
  • Fire Woven Dandelion.jpg
  • Crimson Gerber Refraction.jpg
  • Field Mustard - A widely cultivated crop which is also a widespread weed, with yellow flowers, colonizing large areas with soft yellow flowers on slender stems.
    Brassica Rapa.jpg
  • A macro rose photograph with pink and purple petal tones along the edges in front of my kitchen window
    Rose in my Windw.jpg
  • A vibrant and bold tulip assortment with a fresh bouquet of colors, light and mood.
    Pateline Tulips.jpg
  • Stargazed Reflections.jpg
  • Daisy From Another Mother.jpg
  • Floral Curves.jpg
  • Reaching Blooms.jpg
  • Chrysanthemums-B.jpg
  • Well there has been no snow to speak of this winter, which really is aggravating. I so wanted at least one day of accumulation to take some winter scene photos. I like looking at different snow covered compositions from others and have been inspired to do some of my own. But, no luck in 2011... So I say forget it and let's move on, give me Spring already, and all the color and beauty that goes with it my lens can capture!
    Ode to Spring.jpg
  • The flowers in this arrangement were starting to wilt, and the petals were beginning to show signs of the last days coming. I wanted to get a descent shot of them, without conveying the age and wilted petals. My approach was to process the image to highlight these areas to covey some character and detail, instead of the appearance of decay.
    Peruvian Lily Grain.jpg
  • Wistful Chrysanthemum-B.jpg
  • A soft purple light cast on a closeup shot of a white rose with a long exposure to pull in the additional light hue.
    Rosy Daydreamer.jpg
  • Tulip-Grunge-D.jpg
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  • Tulip-Grunge-A.jpg
  • Daisy Dreamin.jpg
  • Was trying for something to fit a mood, a dark piece with a good amount of black and some rich tones from the flowers, and light hues to contrast.
    spring-flowers-A2.jpg
  • Rosy Rainbow Burn.jpg
  • An Intertwined Fractal Vision with Tribal Swirls with Blooming Wildflowers
    Intertwined Flora Vision.jpg
  • Magic Puff - A White Puffy Dandelion Abstraction - A little bit of fun color, magic and mystery.
    Magic Puff 2.jpg
  • A blooming Redbud Tree Abstraction. A Redbud is a small tree with a sturdy upright trunk which divides into stout branches that usually spread to form a broad flat head. Found on rich bottom lands throughout the Mississippi River valley; will grow in the shade and often becomes a dense undergrowth in the forest.
    Tangerine Bloom Delight.jpg
  • An Eastern Tent Caterpillar atop a round pointy flowering weed
    Shaggin On.jpg
  • Ghosting Blooms.jpg
  • Fractal Daisy Heart.jpg
  • Orchidaceae are cosmopolitan, occurring in almost every habitat apart from glaciers. the world's richest concentration of orchid varieties is found in the tropics, mostly asia, south america and central america, but they are also found above the arctic circle, in southern patagonia, and even two species of nematoceras on macquarie island, close to antarctica.
    Fractal Orchids.jpg
  • Pastelated Florets - Orginally a macro cloeup shot of small garden flowers (Sweet William Dianthus I believe) with a bit of flare to hit the mood I was after
    Pastelated Florets.jpg
  • A flower abstraction with deep purple, pink and cotton candy background tones.
    Violet Labialize Flora.jpg
  • Pomegranate Titian.jpg
  • Was walking through a park and thought this would make for an interesting photo the way the sun was hitting it as the sunset.
    the_unknown_weed.jpg
  • Was going for more of a floral abstraction with some dramatic lighting
    Floral Incandescence.jpg
  • Verduous Curves.jpg
  • Jolly Holly.jpg
  • Bawdy Sanguine.jpg
  • Crescent Floret.jpg
  • The original shot was a Madagascar Palm Cactus leaf in a fire pit catching ablaze. This shot was done with moderate day lighting to catch some of the softer tones in the abstraction.
    Uprising Embers.jpg
  • Still-Amidst-Transition.jpg
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  • Originally composed from a tight macro shot of a rose stem
    cotton-candy-thorns.jpg
  • Original shot was some fiber optic lights shot with a quick shutter and some post processing to hit the desired effect I was after
    Optic-Flare.jpg
  • Plasterized-Rose.jpg
  • A long exposure macro shot of the sunlight hitting a Canna bud. Went with more of a dreamy focus for something with a bit more character to the composition that might allow it to be framed
    Phosphorescence.jpg
  • A daisy in my glass
    floral glass.jpg
  • So I decided my first photo dedicated to 2012 should be all natural, no processing, straight of the camera. That said, welcome to the new year.<br />
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Used a 500 watt phosphor bulb in a desk lamp to get the haze about an inch above the camera framing, all other lights off (accept the x-mas tree lights in the background). Shot on our polished granite kitchen table for the reflective surface. The angel is a lighted glass pieces with purple LED's inside.
    2012.jpg
  • Raindrops fall from the flowers causing a slash of vibrancy in delicate fine details
    Floral Splash.jpg
  • The spring bloom is a strong increase in phytoplankton abundance that typically occurs in the early spring and lasts until late spring or early summer. Spring blooms typically last until late spring or early summer, at which time the bloom collapses due to nutrient depletion in the stratified water column and increased grazing pressure by zooplankton.<br />
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This week the earliest of spring flowers are starting to dot the landscape with color and the tree buds give a promise of warmer days ahead. Daffodils are in full bloom, as well as crocus and dwarf iris. Color is just beginning to peek out from the hyacinths, showing hints of purple and pink. <br />
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Spring flowers come along and cheer us up at a time when we most need it -- after we've somehow survived another long winter. Speaking for myself, it wouldn't be going too far to say that they help me convalesce as I recuperate from Old Man Winter's months-long blustery barrage.
    Vibralicios Blooms.jpg
  • A Pink and Purple Floral Pallet on Rainbow Pastels
    Petal jubilee.jpg
  • A dedicated to my mom, and inspired by breast cancer awareness Pink and her favorite color Purple. A Fine Art floral vision centered around a prominent pink rose atop a layer of purple magic and hope.
    For Momma.jpg
  • A Macro closeup of a flower petal with just the right light glistening off the morning dew drops
    Drops Of Bliss.jpg
  • Wildflower growing in a field at Busch Wildlife.
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  • Wildflower growing in a field at Busch Wildlife.
    wildflower.jpg
  • I am not sure what kind of flower this is.  This photograph was shot at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    buzzing_around.jpg
  • This little hummingbird sure loved these flowers at the Saint Louis Zoo. This beautiful bird was so hard to try and photograph as it flies so fast.
    hummingbird.jpg
  • I have no clue what kind of flower or plant this is.  I photographed this flower on the inside of the Butterfly House at the Saint Louis Zoo...I just thought it was beautiful and it touched me the moment I noticed it.  I was just hoping my photographing of this flower would do it justice...I hope you enjoy this beautiful flower as much as I do.  Happy Friday Everyone
    enchantress.jpg
  • With a through-back feel to  Georgia O'Keeffe, a soft, warm, painterly pink and cream rose with a bit of an erotic vibe to the details.
    Pinked Rose Details.jpg
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